The Restoration Man - C4
Discussion
lost in espace said:
My first words to my OH 5 mins in, "here are two mad people".
We started watching this as we live in the Eden Valley and wondered if it was anywhere near us. All Dan said was, "that's quite near to where I crashed my car.." and lost interest.
I stuck with it for about 20 minutes but got frustrated as wasn't seeing much of the house - I've always liked the idea of a church/chapel conversion and was interested to see just how it could be done.
Not the best and still prefer things like Grand Designs.
It was poor this week, too much George looking at books. Did the chap get paid at a local rate when he was working in China? I didn't understand how they had so little money, or access to credit, they didn't spend much on it but were still skint. Also didn't understand why they couldn't rent out their other house and live in the chapel.
First time I have ever watched this. A)McCloud does it much better and B)the endless cycle of summarise what we have just seen over the last 10 minutes, ad break, summarise what we saw before the ad break, and in the previous sections as well and repeat ensures it won't be watched again.
Granville said:
Found last nights episode focused a little too much on the history and plague and not enough of the restoration.
I like the programme but started to lose interest towards the end of this one last night.
People, let's get real about this programme. I saw the one about the water tower in Congleton and frankly that put me off the series permanently.I like the programme but started to lose interest towards the end of this one last night.
George is just another bellend who thinks that he is photogenic. As well as being an annoying dick from Sunderland. Kevin McCloud would never in a million years talk so much crap. He raved on interminably about cholera in the 1840's - all that photography in the Houses of Parliament was a pointless waste of airtime - and totally failed to tell us about the specific history of that actual water tower, which is both more interesting and if you are into serious restoration a hell of a lot more important.
And as for the project. One of the other things which K McCloud does so well is tell you in a discreet manner, when he thinks the punters are making an arse of it (as in the case of Steffan the Newcastle based Polish PR knob jockey). Who would take his advice after seeing what a b
ks he made of his own house and how much money he wasted? George thinks that to project expertise all he has to do is to steal a few off the wall ideas and throw them in the mix. The built in vacuum cleaner 'concept' was a total white elephant.
That water tower was a really nice old building. That lot just messed it up. What was that huge stairwell about, other than wasting space which they desperately needed and sticking two fingers up at the simple obvious geometry of the building? Are they going to give the kids parachutes? Why exactly did they rip out the old structure, could they not have used it? That wasn't explained but either the architect or the engineer or both were dipsticks. It would serve them right if the whole thing fell down. They stuck in grotesque windows which didn't fit the openings, did not follow the arch profile, did not suit the period of the building, and looked from the inside like something from a 50's council house. Which was entirely in keeping with the 'interior design'. There wasn't a decent room in the place. But, as they said, in the words of every incompetent, ignorant and unprofessional building/interior designer, 'I think it works.'
I think that they totally buggered it up, wasted their money, ruined a good old building, and grinning George demonstrated his own ignorance by assisting and filming them in the process.
Irish said:
They must have been very short of material to drag those two out. What a disaster of a programme tonight.
I'm glad it wasnt just me then...even by property ladder/grand designs/location^2/country house rescue revisit standards, last nights episode was poor...
So what, did they do one visit to the barking Martello Tower woman, and two trips up to Scotland, then drag that footage out to an hour !
And at the end the Scottish tower was an eyesore, and the martello woman still hadnt done anything in what 6 years !
poor
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